For months individuals have been questioning what Stephen Colbert would do when his time as host of CBS’ Late Present got here to an finish.
Apparently his speedy plans had been to bop the evening away together with his workers, family members and stars like Bette Midler on the Late Present wrap celebration Thursday evening.
In movies shared by Gayle King and her CBS Mornings producer Gisela Margarita Pérez, Colbert might be seen enthusiastically chopping a rug to Home of Ache’s “Jump Around,” taking the lyrics to coronary heart and singing alongside as he was surrounded by a gaggle of individuals doing the identical.
He additionally might be seen dancing to Outkast’s “Hey Ya” with Bette Midler and his spouse, Evie Colbert. There once more Colbert was singing alongside and shaking his physique “like a Polaroid picture” as commanded by the lyrics.
Together with a carousel of images of King with Jon Batiste, Evie Colbert and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the celebration, the CBS Mornings host wrote on Instagram, “I can’t imagine late night without Stephen @colbert and yet here we are. I’m not the only one that feels that way and the people turned out for his wrap party in NYC. They hit the dance floor with Stephen who is clearly ready for things to come—and I can’t wait!”
Earlier this month, King sung Colbert’s praises to The Hollywood Reporter on the pink carpet at THR‘s Most Powerful People in New York Media party, saying: “I love everything about him. I’ve been on his show a couple of times. The wit that he has, the intelligence that he has, there’s nobody like him. And I can’t wait to see what he does in his next chapter because we all know Stephen ain’t done.”
Different stars noticed by photographers on the afterparty included Anderson Cooper, Dick Cavett, Katie Couric, Mark Hamill, Tiffany Haddish, Drew Barrymore, Ewan McGregor, Padma Lakshmi, Bernadette Peters, Keegan-Michael Key, Patton Oswalt, Steve Buscemi and “Weird Al” Yankovic, who memorably appeared on the primary Late Present after Colbert introduced his present had been canceled and Thursday evening was the visitor on The Each day Present, the place Colbert clearly obtained his begin in late evening.
He was additionally joined by various the celebrities who made appearances on the ultimate Late Present together with Paul McCartney, in addition to John Oliver and Paul Rudd.
The afterparty kicked off at 8 p.m. on Thursday on the New York occasions house, Second, according to an invitation reviewed by Page Six. The invite, in line with Web page Six and different shops, mentioned, “That’s a Wrap! (Party)” and requested individuals to put on “Fired & Festive!” apparel.
Colbert wrapped up his 11-year run on The Late Show Thursday evening with what the host referred to as a “normal,” ultimate episode that featured a slew of celeb cameos and an interdimensional wormhole that swallowed the Ed Sullivan Theater. The largely politics-free finale didn’t embrace a single reference to President Donald Trump and there was one other star who didn’t make the present: Colbert’s “white whale” visitor, the pope, who, the present joked, canceled on the final minute.
Colbert’s subsequent endeavor is taking the avid J.R.R. Tolkien fan to Center-earth as he co-writes an upcoming installment of the Lord of the Rings franchise. Past that, the host has insisted he wished to stay centered on ending out The Late Present to the most effective of his skill earlier than he thought of different future strikes. Nonetheless, he told Meyers in January that he and his longtime collaborators, lots of whom work with him at The Late Present, will “do something else together.”
And Colbert recently told THR he started fielding scripts instantly after he introduced the tip of The Late Present and that he may see “creating another show” and nonetheless has the will to carry out.
“Got to stay in front of the lens, baby,” he joked.
This weekend, although, Colbert and his household, all of whom had been on the Ed Sullivan Theater for his ultimate episode, will head all the way down to D.C. for his brother’s wedding ceremony. He celebrated his son’s faculty commencement this previous Monday as effectively.
